Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What’S at Stake?
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BOTANICAL TREASURES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – WHAT’S AT STAKE? THE THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM PRESENTED BY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOTANISTS California State University, Chico 11-13 January 2010 Northern California Botanists Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What’s at Stake? SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS o Bureau of Land Management o Plumas National Forest o Shasta-Trinity National Forest o Garcia and Associates o Friends of the Chico State Herbarium o North State Resources, Inc. o Hedgerow Farms o California Native Grasslands Association o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Pacific Southwest Region o U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office o Chestnut Cellar (Danyal Kasapligil, Dellavalle Laboratory, Inc.) o California Native Plant Society o The Nature Conservancy o River Partners o California Department of Fish and Game THANK YOU TO OUR SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS!! Cover photo courtesy of Rob Schlising. Larkspurs (Delphinium variegatum) at The Nature Conser- vancy’s Vina Plains Preserve in the Sacramento Valley (Tehama County); view looking northeast to the foothills of the Cascade Range. Note the small amount of medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) present among the larkspurs at this site one year after a controlled burn. Medusahead often dominates these grassland/wildflower field plant communities in the absence of fire or grazing. May 1992. Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What’s at Stake? WELCOME! Northern California Botanists welcomes you to our third annual symposium! MISSION STATEMENT: Northern California Botanists is a Cooperative Association of Federal, State, Academic, Consulting, and other Botanists in the Northern California Region, with the purpose of increasing knowledge and communication about botanical issues concerning science, conservation, education, and professional development. OFFICERS o President: Linnea Hanson, Plumas National Forest o Vice President: Samantha Hillaire, Garcia and Associates o Treasurer: Gail Kuenster, California Department of Water Resources o Secretary: Jenny Marr, California Department of Fish and Game BOARD OF DIRECTORS o Barbara Castro, California Department of Water Resources o Robin Fallscheer, California Department of Fish and Game o Christine Hantelman, consulting botanist o Chris Ivey, California State University, Chico o Lawrence Janeway, The Chico State Herbarium o Rob Schlising, California State University, Chico (retired) o Joe Silveira, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service o Karen Wiese, Tahoe National Forest o Mike Williams, Butte College SYMPOSIUM PLANNING COMMITTEE o The Officers and Board of Directors o Clare Golec, CalTrans o Hal Mackey, Chico o Daria Snider, ECORP Consulting, Inc. Northern California Botanists Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What’s at Stake? PROGRAM OF PRESENTATIONS BY INVITED SPEAKERS Bell Memorial Union Auditorium Monday 11 January 2010 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Check-in for registered participants, late registration, and poster set-up ALL DAY Poster Session – Bell Memorial Union second floor Mezzanine Welcome 8:30 – 8:40 a.m. 1. Linnea Hanson, President, Northern California Botanists Welcome to Our Third Northern California Botanists Symposium Session 1 Maintaining the Wealth of Plant Diversity for Long-term Conservation 9:10 – 10:10 a.m. Christine Hantelman, Session Chair, consulting botanist 2. Christina Sloop Conservation Genetics of Butte County Meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica Arroyo), an Endangered Vernal Pool Endemic 3. Kimiora Ward Restoration Germplasm in a Changing World: How Local is too Local? 4. Susan Harrison Large-scale Threats to Serpentine Ecosystems 10:10 – 10:30 a.m. Break Session 2 Exotics: Robbers in the Native Landscape 10:30 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. Samantha Hillaire, Session Chair, Garcia and Associates 5. Clare Aslan Emerging Mutualisms: The Role of Bird Dispersal in Non-native Plant Invasions 6. Marit Wilkerson Downsides to Corridors: Examining Plant Invasion Potential in Linear Biodiversity Features 7. Kristina Schierenbeck Targeted Grazing Study for Management of Non-native Lolium multiflorum in Alkali Meadow Habitat Containing the Rare Plant Cordylanthus palmatus at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, California 8. Christina Sloop The San Francisco Bay Area Early Detection Network 9. Craig Thomsen Invasive Plant Management on BLM’s Bear Creek Ranch, Cache Creek Natural Area 12:10 – 1:40 p.m. Lunch 1 Northern California Botanists Session 3 Pollination and Reproductive Biology: Spreading the Wealth 1:40 – 3:00 p.m. Karen Wiese, Session Chair, Tahoe National Forest 10. Gordon Frankie Native Bees are a Rich Natural Resource in Urban California Gardens 11. Justen Whittall The Metcalf Canyon Jewelflower (Streptanthus albidus ssp. albidus) – Still a Mystery 12. Robbin Thorp Native Bees and Vernal Pool Flowers: The Upland Connection 13. Pete Haggard Attracting Pollinators in a Native Plant Garden 3:00 – 3:20 p.m. Break Session 4 Plant-animal Interactions: Cashing In and Paying the Price 3:20 – 4:20 p.m. Barbara Castro, Session Chair, California Department of Water Resources 14. Don Miller Gall Induction by Tamalia Aphids Lowers Seed Set in Arctostaphylos patula 15. Colleen Hatfield The Health of Blue Elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) and Colonization by the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus) in Restored Riparian Habitat 16. Ian Pearse Predictors of Herbivory on 57 Species of Non-native Oaks 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Reception – Bell Memorial Union second floor Mezzanine No-host bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres – adjacent to the Poster Display area. 7:00 p.m. Dinner – Bell Memorial Union Auditorium Tickets required. Buffet dinner will include fish, meat, and vegetarian entrees. Complimentary wine served with dinner. KEYNOTE SPEAKER 8:00 p.m. Bell Memorial Union Auditorium 17. Bruce Baldwin, University of California, Berkeley Botanical and Conservation Challenges of Cryptic Diversity in the California Flora 2 Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What’s at Stake? Tuesday 12 January 2010 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Check-in for one-day registrants ALL DAY Poster Session – Bell Memorial Union second floor Mezzanine Introduction 8:30 – 8:40 a.m. Linnea Hanson Session 5 Assessing Our Net Worth: Some Tools for Evaluating Ecosystems 8:40 – 10:00 a.m. Joe Silveira, Session Chair, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 18. Jason Schwenkler Sticking with Tradition: An Aerial Approach to Digital Interpretive Mapping 19. Christopher Dolanc Changes in Structure and Composition of High-elevation Conifers of the Central Sierra Nevada Since the Early 1930’s 20. Don Hankins The Green Side of Black: Burning to Achieve Multiple Objectives 21. Kevin Rice Evolutionary Considerations in Ecosystem Conservation 10:00 – 10:20 a.m. Break Session 6 Bryophytes: Gems in the Landscape 10:20 – 11:40 a.m. Julie Nelson, Session Chair, Shasta-Trinity National Forests 22. Carl Wishner Bryophyte Diversity of Fens in the Northern Sierra Nevada 23. Colin Dillingham Bryoflora of Plumas National Forest 24. Jim Shevock Catching the Bryo Bug in Northern California: Can Vascular-trained Botanists Become Great Bryologists? 25. Brent Mishler Factors Influencing the Biogeographic and Ecological Distribution of Bryophytes in California: Mosses are from Mars, Vascular Plants are from Venus 11:40 – 1:10 p.m. Lunch 3 Northern California Botanists Session 7 How Do We Encourage Future Botanists: Establishing a Living Trust 1:10 – 2:30 p.m. Gail Kuenster, Session Chair, California Department of Water Resources 26. Carol Witham Increasing Nature Observation Skills in Primary School Children 27. Adrienne Edwards Where the Wild Things Are: Establishing a Native Plant-pollinator Garden to Inform the Wild Rumpus! 28. Tanya Heaston An Early Teaching Experience in Science: Why We Need It, Why We Teach It, and How Do We Get Teachers to Teach Science in Elementary School? 29. Teresa Sholars Creating Future Botanists: Being the Match to Light the Spark 2:30 – 2:50 p.m. Break Session 8 New Botanical Treasures 2:50 – 4:10 p.m. Chris Christofferson, Session Chair, Plumas National Forest 30. Judy Perkins Range Extension Discoveries of Tuctoria greenei (Greene’s Tuctoria) on Modoc National Forest 31. Michael Mesler A Resurrection for Siskiyou Bells, Prosartes parvifolia S. Watson (Liliaceae), a Rare Siskiyou Mountains Endemic 32. Roy Buck Sidalcea gigantea, a Remarkable New Species from Northern California 33. Dana York Eriogonum villosissimum (Polygonaceae, Eriogonoideae), a New Species Endemic to Acker Rock, Oregon Closing Remarks 4:10 – 4:20 p.m. Linnea Hanson 4 Botanical Treasures in Northern California – What’s at Stake? POST-SYMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS Northern California Botanists Wednesday 13 January 2010 Workshop 1: Introduction to the 2nd Edition of A Manual of California Vegetation 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Holt Hall room 170 Instructors: John Sawyer,1 Todd Keeler-Wolf,2 and Julie Evens3 1Humboldt State University, Emeritus; 2California Department of Fish and Game; 3California Native Plant Society The authors will debut the second edition of A Manual of California Vegetation. They will pro- vide an overview of additions and changes to the manual, including new vegetation types recog- nized or redefined across many habitats. You will learn how to use the new manual in conserva- tion and management of California’s diverse vegetation types. Workshop 2: Positively Lively Photosynthesis: Hands-on Botany Lab for Teachers 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Holt Hall room Instructor: Tanya Heaston